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September 7, 2007 5:17 pmSeptember 7, 2007 5:17 pm

Daniel Kurtzman is the editor of About.com Political Humor, which is part of The New York Times Company. A former Washington correspondent-turned-political satirist, his work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com and the Funny Times, among other publications. He is author of the books “How to Win a Fight with a Conservative” and “How to Win a Fight with a Liberal.”

Paul Seaburn is a humorist, author and teacher when not working as head writer for the children’s comedy show, “Taylor’s Attic.” He’s contributed to “The Tonight Show,” “Politically Incorrect,” and “Comic Strip Live,” is the author of “Jestercises & Gamestorms” and “A Wife’s Little Instruction Book” and teaches a writing/creativity class called “Creative Thinking Through Comedy.”

Peter Grosz writes for “The Colbert Report” when he isn’t on the picket line. He also co-stars with T.J. Jagodowski in a series of commercials for Sonic drive-in restaurants. He was a staff writer for “The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show” on Comedy Central. He was a cast member at The Second City, has appeared in the films “The Weatherman” and “Stranger Than Fiction” and is part of the improv group Four Square.

Ben Schwartz is a screenwriter and journalist living in Los Angeles. He has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Comic Art magazine, and Suck.com, under “Bertolt Blecht.” He has sold screenplays to Fox, Dreamworks and Warner Brothers, and patiently waits for any one of them to be produced. In the meantime, he is working on a history of American humor set between the two world wars to be published by Fantagraphics and is on assignment for Vanity Fair.

Jenny Lyn Bader is a playwright and author whose new Off-Broadway comedy “None of the Above” is playing at the Lion Theater on Theater Row in Manhattan. Other recent productions include “Manhattan Casanova” (Hudson Stage) and “Out of Mind” (NYU/Strasberg). For more about Ms. Bader, click here. Like Bill Gates, she recently became more interested in social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. She thinks they’re sort of like going to a party without having to leave the house.

Bryan Tucker has been a comedian and TV writer for 12 years. He has written for “Chappelle’s Show,” “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn” and “The Chris Rock Show.” He now lives in New York and writes skits like this for “Saturday Night Live.” He has a wife and two young daughters who have not let him sleep for the past three years, turning him into a cranky, hollow-eyed you-know-what.
His recommended sites: felbers.net, tremble.com, girlsarepretty.com

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